Current status of proton therapy outcome for paediatric cancers of the central nervous system - Analysis of the published literature.
08/10/2018
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Publications
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Quality of life
In childhood cancer survivors, over 60% report one or more radiation-related late toxicities while half of these adverse events are graded as life-threatening...
Radiation Induced Cerebral Microbleeds in Pediatric Patients with Brain Tumors Treated with Proton Radiotherapy.
08/08/2018
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Publications
A retrospective study was performed on 100 pediatric patients with primary brain tumors treated with PBT. Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) were diagnosed by...
Pediatric Localized Intracranial Ependymomas: A Multicenter Analysis of the Société Française de lutte contre les Cancers de l'Enfant (SFCE) from 2000 to 2013
08/05/2018
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Publications
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IMRT
This study was to analyze survival and prognostic factors for intracranial ependymoma treated with postoperative radiation therapy in the 13 main French...
Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer.
04/05/2018
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Publications
A systematic review by MSKCC summarized the published clinical research, and the authors believe that widespread adoption of proton therapy will elucidate the...
Protons vs Photons for Brain and Skull Base Tumors.
04/04/2018
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Publications
A systematic review summarizes the literature regarding the role of proton therapy compared to photon therapy in the treatment of adult brain and skull base...
National Cancer Institute Workshop on Proton Therapy for Children: Considerations Regarding Brainstem Injury.
04/05/2018
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Publications
Reports of brainstem necrosis after proton therapy have raised concerns over the potential biological differences among radiation modalities.
A workshop was...
Proton therapy for central nervous system tumors in children.
04/04/2018
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Publications
A systematic review conducted by John Hopkin and MGH. It highlighted the capability of protons to decrease radiation exposure for children is regarded as an...
Meta-analysis of the incidence and patterns of second neoplasms (SNs) after photon craniospinal irradiation (CSI) in children with medulloblastoma (MB).
04/04/2018
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Publications
This meta-analysis reported that the 10-year cumulative incidence was 6.1% for all SNs, including 3.1% for SBNs (benign) and 3.7% for SMNs (malignant), with a...
Risk of Radiation Vasculopathy and Stroke in Pediatric Patients Treated With PT for Brain and Skull Base Tumors.
04/03/2018
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Publications
To examine the rate of and identify risk factors for vasculopathy after proton therapy in pediatric patients with central nervous system and skull base tumors...
Establishing evidence-based indications for proton therapy.
10/11/2016
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Publications
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Clinical Trial
PT101
An overview of current clinical trials of proton therapy published in the Red Journal. A total 122 ongoing trials with target enrolment of over 42,000 patients...
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